Mines in Lake County, Indiana
Lake County, Indiana has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 1 intermittent, 7 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 269 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,849 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Lake County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 11
- Active
- 3
- Fatalities on record
- 2
- Citations issued
- 1,849
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Aggregates LLC | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| American Brick Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Weber Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lehigh Portland Cement Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowell Quarries Ltd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M & W Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Singleton Stone, LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| US Aggregates Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Buffington PlantActive 2 fatal 1,599 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc. · MSHA ID 1200426
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US Aggregates-Lowell QuarryActive 0 fatal 135 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · US Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 1202134
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South Lake StoneActive 0 fatal 58 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Singleton Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 1202467
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LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO., BUFFAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Lehigh Portland Cement Company · MSHA ID 1200424
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Fast Pack 1 Portable 1Intermittent 0 fatal 22 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fred Weber Inc · MSHA ID 2302401
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U.S. AggregatesEagle Creek Sand & GravelAbandoned 0 fatal 24 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Heritage Aggregates, LLC · MSHA ID 1202279
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US Aggregates Lowell East PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 11 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · US Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 1202461
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LOWELL MINING CO.Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Lowell Quarries Ltd · MSHA ID 1202126
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Carmeuse Lime & StoneAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Northwest Communications, Inc. · MSHA ID 1202502
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M And W Dredge And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · M & W Corp · MSHA ID 1200591
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Yard M Clay PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · American Brick Company · MSHA ID 1200240
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.